Club Night - 30th Jan 2023
Crawford Macnab
30 January 2023
Final games in round three of the club championship were completed.
Club Championship
Nick was doing well against Paul but unfortunately blundered.
Derek and Andrew finally drew in a rook and pawn ending where time pressure left Andrew unable to secure a potential victory.
In the top board clash Richard exploited a back rank weakness to defeat Matt and is the only player now on maximum points.
After Rxe4 winning a pawn, Qf6 allowed a mating attack, 33..Qg6 could have kept the game going.
Scott, Richard
Rounds, Matt
1-0
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nd4 7. Qd4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Ng4 10. Qd1 Ne5 11. Nd5 e6 12. Nc3 b6 13. Nb5 Ba6 14. Qa4 Bb5 15. Qb5 a6 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Be3 Bd4 18. Rfd1 e5 19. Rac1 d6 20. a3 a5 21. Rd3 Qc7 22. Qc2 f5 23. ef5 gf5 24. Bd4 Nd4 25. Rg3 Kh8 26. Qd3 Rg8 27. Bf3 Raf8 28. Rg8 Rg8 29. Bd5 Rg6 30. Re1 Qg7 31. Qh3 [31. Qd4 ed4 32. Re8 Qg8 33. Bg8 Rg8 34. Rg8 Kg8 35. Kf1 d3 36. Ke1 Kf7 37. Kd2 Ke6 38. Kd3] 31... e4 32. Kf1 Rh6 33. Re4 Qf6 [33... Qg6 34. Rh4] 34. Re8 [34. Re8 Qf8 (34... Kg7 35. Rg8#) 35. Qh6 Ne6 36. Rf8 Nf8 37. Qf8#]
Round 3
9th Jan 2023 - 30th Jan 2023
| White | Black | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Scott (2) | 1677 | 1 - 0 | Matt Rounds (2) | 1749 |
| 2 | Allan McDiarmid (2) | 1732 | ½ - ½ | Ralph Jackson (1½) | 1646 |
| 3 | Crawford Macnab (1½) | 1760 | ½ - ½ | Euan McDiarmid (1½) | 1519 |
| 4 | Charles Gunn-Russell (1½) | 1718 | ½ - ½ | Nathaniel Forbes Inskip (1½) | 1623 |
| 5 | Eric Smith (1) | 1601 | 1 - 0 | João Reis (1) | |
| 6 | Nick West (1) | 1356 | 0 - 1 | Paul Girdwood (1) | 1525 |
| 7 | Mathew Boyd (1) | 0 - 1 | Stuart McKinney (1) | 1512 | |
| 8 | Simon Bate (1) | 1506 | Sam Clucas (1) | ||
| 9 | Richard Josey (1) | 0 - 1 | Gerry Brown (1) | 1485 | |
| 10 | Janice Heggie (0) | 1 - 0d | Douglas Heatlie (½) | 1499 | |
| 11 | Isaac Boyd (½) | 0 - 1 | Aneurin Howorth (0) | ||
| 12 | Derek McCann (0) | 1335 | ½ - ½ | Andrew Wright (0) | 1367 |
| 13 | Sandy Powell (0) | 1140 | 1 - 0 | Charlie West (0) |
Graded Friendlies
30th January 2023
| White | Black | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac Boyd | ½ - ½ | João Reis | ||
| 2 | Mathew Boyd | 1 - 0 | Charlie West | ||
| 3 | Stuart McKinney | 1512 | 0 - 1 | Charles Gunn-Russell | 1718 |
| 4 | Eric Smith | 1601 | ½ - ½ | Aneurin Howorth |
Eric and Aneurin had a great middle game battle in a crowded centre that unusually had no pawns. In the end, moves were repeated and a draw was agreed.